A wise woman once said, “if everything came wrapped in prosciutto, we would undoubtedly achieve world peace.” She was right, and we would…BUT sometimes you just have to save yourself the effort and eat the prosciutto on its own. During Thanksgiving, my cousin came down from New York with a pound of the best proscuit this world has to offer, proscuitto di Parma — sliced as thin as humanly possible. It’s one of the few ingredients in the world that is worthy of food porn in its purest form. There were about 15 Italians in the room, so you can imagine what happened next. Yup. Total prosciutto domination. I barely had time to photograph it.

How’s that for holiday ham? Words to live by this holiday season: cured meats cure all.